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Wovoka was born in the Smith Valley area southeast of Carson City, Nevada around 1856. Quoitze Ow was his birth name. [4] Wovoka's father was Numu-tibo'o (sometimes called Tavibo), who for several decades was incorrectly believed to be Wodziwob, a religious leader who had founded the Ghost Dance of 1870. [5]
While many followers of the Ghost Dance believed Wovoka to be a teacher of pacifism and peace, others did not. An Arapaho buckskin ghost shirt, ca 1890. An elaboration of the Ghost Dance concept was the development of ghost shirts, which were special clothing that warriors could wear. They were rumored to repel bullets through spiritual power.
Numu-tibo'o was the father of Wovoka, who re-introduced his version of the Ghost Dance in 1890. It is Wovoka's message and leadership that gained popularity, followers, and which is largely meant when modern people refer to "the Ghost Dance". [8]
The prophet Wovoka raised Western Native American hopes with his spiritual movement based on a revival of religious practice and the ritual Ghost Dance; it was a messianic movement that promised an end of their suffering under the white man.
Ghost shirts are shirts, or other clothing items, worn by members of the Ghost Dance religion, and thought to be imbued with spiritual powers. The religion was founded by Wovoka (Jack Wilson), a Northern Paiute Native American, in the late 19th century and quickly spread throughout the Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin and Plains tribes.
As with the band's other releases, Wovoka features songs with Native American themes; [3] each of the band members at the time had either Native American or Mexican American heritage. The album is named after the Paiute religious leader Wovoka, who founded the ghost dance movement. Wovoka peaked on the US Billboard 200 at number 66 in
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The Ghost Dance religion was founded by its prophet Wovoka in Nevada, a Paiute Indian who had a vision on 1 January 1889 during a solar eclipse. In this vision, he was taken up to heaven and given a dance (the Ghost Dance) to pass on to the Indians to ensure their place in heaven. [17] Wovoka's religion was heavily influenced by Christianity.